• Training for Africado on HACCP methodology

    • 29/09/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Avocados, News, Tanzania
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    As part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme, a Kenyan expert provided remote training to Africado, one of the biggest avocado producers in the north of Tanzania. The 5-day training on HACCP methodology, within the Food Safety and Hygiene theme, involved live-streamed sessions as well as regular homework for participants.… +
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  • COLEACP’s “Guides to Good Practice” development

    • 24/09/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News, Uganda
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    COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme is providing training to local experts in developing horticultural sector Good Practice Guides with value chain stakeholders, to support compliance with SPS standards. Local experts are benefiting from a three-part training course to master the many and varied hard and soft skills that they will need. Following on from successful completion of online training (Phase 1), yesterday we held the inception meeting for Phase 2 – training will begin next week to strengthen the experts’… +
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  • New collaboration with TAHA, NM-AIST and WORLDVEG

    • 25/06/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Tanzania
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    This new collaboration will establish an accredited #Horticultural Practical Training Programme offering certificate and diploma courses in Tanzania and other countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA), the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg), and COLEACP.… +
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  • Workshop on strengthening training services

    • 07/05/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Zimbabwe
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    Through de means of videoconferencing, Zimbabwe Farmers Union participated successfully to a Workshop on strengthening training services for their members.… +
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  • First digital training in Ghana

    • 24/04/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Ghana, News
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    Due to COVID-19, we have moved forward to digital training. Coleacp trainers SARPONG Mark and ADDY Kenneth introduced the first digital training in Ghana, on integrated management for fruit fly control for fresh export technical managers. Trainees followed online courses and did exercises to put their knowledge into practice. Discussions on Zoom platform about each topic enabled a Q/A session and interaction among participants; Trainees reinforced their knowledge on recognizing #mango damage and completing phytosanitary certificates. Both trainers and trainees… +
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  • COLEACP launches new Digital Distance Training

    • 24/04/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    COLEACP is moving from face-to-face training to digital training in the context of COVID-19. To comply with precautionary measures related to COVID-19, for the time being COLEACP has cancelled the organization of group training sessions. As an alternative, digital distance training is the best solution. Digital distance learning cannot entirely replace face-to-face training. However, methods and technologies are now available to achieve a highly satisfactory quality of training. COLEACP has already moved ahead with the launch of Digital Distance Training… +
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  • Training Needs Assessment in Nanyuki

    • 10/04/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    Earlier in March, prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, management of Kenya Horticultural Exporters (1977) participated in a training session on Training Needs Assessment in Nanyuki, as part of the process to set up an improved internal training unit.… +
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  • Collective coaching on dry matter testing

    • 27/02/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Avocados, News
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    Following the collective training organised in October 2019 in order to reinforce the good practices for harvest and post-harvest handling for avocado export, the companies have been offered the opportunity to benefit from a coaching on dry matter testing. An experienced trainer visited the companies to train the technical staff to perform the test themselves.… +
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  • COLEACP field training workshop in Accra

    • 11/02/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Ghana, News
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    Field training Workshop in Accra, Technical managers in exporting companies reinforced their skills in transmitting learning to small-scale producers and workers. Participants learned to conduct short training courses on the topics covered in their previous courses, using animations.… +
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